2.1 Perceptions
Activity 2.1A: What is the value of knowing who we are?
Activity 2.1B: Too Young to Wed~Investigating Personal Beliefs and Perceptions
View the short National Geographic video, "Too Young to Wed," and examine your own attitudes, values and beliefs about the subject matter by answering any of the following essential questions:
Respond to your thoughts on this video in a blog page. Link your blog page to the Google+ forum for sharing of ideas.
- How do my personal experiences and circumstances (e.g., age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, family, socioeconomic status) affect my perceptions?
- What roles do culture and language play in my perceptions, understandings, values, and beliefs?
- How do my ancestry and nationality affect my perceptions?
- Am I privileged and entitled? In what ways? To what extent does this colour the way I relate to the world?
- What are my assumptions about how our society functions/should function?
Respond to your thoughts on this video in a blog page. Link your blog page to the Google+ forum for sharing of ideas.